iPad 3

Sort of a disappointment. But still a step forward.

Raspberry Pi

It's a great project being sponsored by Cambridge University. I myself will us this with an Arch Lxde setup. I eagerly await this. I will definitely purchase at least the $35.00 model and play with a LAMP server. BTW, I'm dual booting Ubuntu 11.10 and Windoze 7 right now. I'm soon going to play with a dedicated Arch system that It doesn't really matter if I brick it.
kthxbai
/satisfied

So you want people to be interested in computers?

If you do, stop making them so complicated. It started out with stuff like the C64 which was really simple but has evolved into what is is today: a mess of obfuscated drivers that don't even half-way capture the hardware's functionality. However, it think apple is doing the total hardware management right, they just have stupid fan drivers that don't even switch on when they're supposed to. As technology evolves into faster hardware, the software gets even more complicated leaving the next generation a random mess of 3d transistors and mucked up terminologies for parts that don't even do the same things as they were first meant for in the first place. Sure, the next generation might learn the programming languages, but they better damn sure learn the hardware too. /rant